I binge watched House Of Cards and Hemlock Grove (LOL). Was never into Weeds, so i'll probably skip this one.

I made it 5 episodes into the 1st season of Newsroom before I decided I didn't really like it. Daniels and Waterson were great, the rest of the cast and their story lines just didn't do anything for me.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I made it 5 episodes into the 1st season of Newsroom before I decided I didn't really like it. Daniels and Waterson were great, the rest of the cast and their story lines just didn't do anything for me.

Hikohadon wrote:Watched the first several episodes of this last night on Netflix - very solid show, funny. If you liked the first couple seasons of Weeds (which I did), this should be right up your alley.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I made it 5 episodes into the 1st season of Newsroom before I decided I didn't really like it. Daniels and Waterson were great, the rest of the cast and their story lines just didn't do anything for me.

That about sums it up for me also. Too... soap-opera-y.

Agree. I made it through the whole 1st season. The good parts and Sorkinesque speeches and such made the rest of the of the bullshit tolerable. But just barely. All of the love triangle stuff is just...ugh. Just stop. Stop it.

I've seen the first episode of season 2, and I keep finding something else, anything else, to watch rather than the second episode.

On Topic - OITNB looks like something I will definitely check out. I've heard good things.

I watched the entire 1st season of Copper and enjoyed it. I'm a fan of the time period and the setting of Five Points is hard to beat. The story gets a little goofy and tries to be too clever at times, but it's a fun show. The acting is good and the set pieces are great. Currently getting caught up on season 2.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I made it 5 episodes into the 1st season of Newsroom before I decided I didn't really like it. Daniels and Waterson were great, the rest of the cast and their story lines just didn't do anything for me.

That about sums it up for me also. Too... soap-opera-y.

Agree. I made it through the whole 1st season. The good parts and Sorkinesque speeches and such made the rest of the of the bullshit tolerable. But just barely. All of the love triangle stuff is just...ugh. Just stop. Stop it.

I've seen the first episode of season 2, and I keep finding something else, anything else, to watch rather than the second episode.

On Topic - OITNB looks like something I will definitely check out. I've heard good things.

I watched the entire 1st season of Copper and enjoyed it. I'm a fan of the time period and the setting of Five Points is hard to beat. The story gets a little goofy and tries to be too clever at times, but it's a fun show. The acting is good and the set pieces are great. Currently getting caught up on season 2.

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:I made it 5 episodes into the 1st season of Newsroom before I decided I didn't really like it. Daniels and Waterson were great, the rest of the cast and their story lines just didn't do anything for me.

That about sums it up for me also. Too... soap-opera-y.

Agree. I made it through the whole 1st season. The good parts and Sorkinesque speeches and such made the rest of the of the bullshit tolerable. But just barely. All of the love triangle stuff is just...ugh. Just stop. Stop it.

I've seen the first episode of season 2, and I keep finding something else, anything else, to watch rather than the second episode.

On Topic - OITNB looks like something I will definitely check out. I've heard good things.

I watched the entire 1st season of Copper and enjoyed it. I'm a fan of the time period and the setting of Five Points is hard to beat. The story gets a little goofy and tries to be too clever at times, but it's a fun show. The acting is good and the set pieces are great. Currently getting caught up on season 2.

Plus Donal Logue if I'm not mistaken, correct? Is it on Netflix?

Logue is in season 2. The cast is all pretty good, except for Annie.

And yes, it's on Netflix, but if you have TWC On Demand it's free on the BBCAmerica tab with the current season 2 episodes.

being serious, arguably the best character development in this sort of thing I've seen in a while. Overt and formulaic in the character development but done very, very well.

Just my opinion, man.

I think they could have gone formulaic. From a lot of the first impressions, you think "OK, this character is this" and then they develop and surprise you. A lot of them I assumed I knew what role they would play, but they switch back and forth from good to bad and back again often enough that you aren't sure what to expect. Even with the main character, who I am getting more and more convinced is nuts.